{"id":27079,"date":"2017-06-01T09:47:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T07:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/afrocentric\/exercise-whats-in-it-for-me\/"},"modified":"2020-07-02T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T15:52:40","slug":"exercise-whats-in-it-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/exercise-whats-in-it-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise &#8211; what&#8217;s in it for me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14038 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/42-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"42\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>So what\u2019s in it for me?<\/strong> A lot. An awful lot. Exercise is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. Just to offer a short list of the main benefits of exercise:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Energy.<\/strong> Active people are more energetic. They get more done in a day, more easily.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Happiness.<\/strong> Active people feel happier and are less likely to develop depression and other mood problems (indeed, exercise is sometimes advocated as a treatment for depression).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health.<\/strong> Exercising can help with several health problems including high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, diabetes, and an array of joint and muscle problems like arthritis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health Risk.<\/strong> Living an active lifestyle reduces your risk of developing several dread diseases like heart disease and stroke.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight Control.<\/strong> Exercise can help you lose weight and it can help you maintain lost weight.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance.<\/strong> Active people have better circulation, skin tone, hair and nails, than do couch potatoes. Not to mention being slimmer and more toned!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strength.<\/strong> The simple ability to handle daily tasks such as lifting, carrying, shopping, DIY, etc. Doing \u201clife\u201d with less struggle and improved ease &amp; comfort, comes from being stronger and that comes from\u2026you guessed it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You probably knew about most of this stuff, yes? We just thought it important to remind you how many great benefits come from exercise.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-living","category-exercise"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-31 21:19:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27079"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27469,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27079\/revisions\/27469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}